Gov't to appeal ruling on damages for Taiwanese leprosy sufferer

Gov't to appeal ruling on damages for Taiwanese leprosy sufferer

TOKYO, Japan - Health minister Jiro Kawasaki speaks at a press conference at his office on Nov. 8 on a government decision to appeal a district court ruling that ordered the state to pay damages to a group of Taiwanese leprosy sufferers who had been segregated at a leprosarium during Japanese colonial rule. He said his ministry will ''swiftly consider about how to provide compensation for those who were at the leprosarium, apart from the trials.'' (Kyodo)

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